Fiddle

Date1885

Artist/Maker Walter A. Sanford

MediumMaple, spruce, beech, elm, ebony, paint

Dimensions23 7/8" x 8 1/4" x 3 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1994.708.1,A

DescriptionA fiddle of approximately classical design, but with naive painted striping in imitation of fiddleback figure
InscribedInscribed "Walter A. Saylor/ fine tone virginia (?)/ Made 1885/ february"
ProvenanceCW purchased from J. Roderick Moore of Ferrum, VA, in 1994